cambalacho
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃.baˈla.ʃu/
cambalacho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scam, swindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vigarice, embuste, ardil”.
What does cambalacho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescam, swindle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vigarice, embuste, ardil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cambalacho
- cambalachos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cambalacho?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.baˈla.ʃu/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.bɐˈla.ʃu/
- Portugal /kɐ̃.bɐˈlat.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cambalacho in Portuguese?
cambalacho appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).